Eulamprus heatwolei

2 Yellow-bellied Water Skink at West Wodonga, VIC

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Identification history

Eulamprus heatwolei	6 Sep 2025	PatrickCampbell2
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides	5 Sep 2025	CarbonAI
Unverified	5 Sep 2025	KylieWaldon

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Don't think I've seen this species before. Kookaburra was having a hard time - every time it put its head back to swallow the skink - the skink doubled over making it too big to swallow, and every time the bird looked like it was going to whack the skink against a branch it crawled into its mouth! In the end the Kookaburra dropped it.

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PatrickCampbell2 wrote:

6 Sep 2025

Thanks for the interesting description of the sequence of events; which sounds like a successful strategy for the water skink.

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1 Abundance
5 Sep 2025 12:19 PM Recorded on
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KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Eulamprus heatwolei Skinks Reptiles and Frogs

Species information

Eulamprus heatwolei Scientific name
Yellow-bellied Water Skink Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1619.1m Recorded at altitude

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